"At times, the biggest challenge in embracing simplicity will be the vague feeling of isolation that comes with it, since private sacrifice doesn't garner much attention in the frenetic world of mass culture."

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Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.15, Ballantine Books

Rolf Potts

#Sacrifice Quotes #Mass Culture Quotes #Simplicity Quotes

“We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.”
“When I hear a writer say that they â€˜put in a call,â€™ I want to pull my hair out.”
“There are not three stages in spiritual life-worship, waiting, and work. Some of us go in jumps like spiritual frogs. We jump from worship to waiting to work. God's idea is that the three should go together. They were always together in the life of our Lord.”
“Sit with the repentant, for they have the softest hearts.”
“People are weird. We do live on all levels at the same time and you can be fighting and flirting, and there can be fury and sexual tension. All that stuff can co-exist so it's just a testament to how complex we are. Or maybe it's a testament to how boringly we try and simplify everything.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When the chemist makes gloves, he usually cannot help making them in pairs for both hands.”
“A friend is someone you can call at any hour to laugh or cry or complain.”
“Life is not at the mercy of matter.”

Source : Joel S. Goldsmith (2013). “Living Now”, p.62, BookBaby

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